Nottingham Contemporary

This is a very rare opportunity to experience a Goldstein performance originally presented in 1979, re-performed in New York in 2002 and now presented for the first time in the UK. It will be contextualised by a lecture on Goldstein’s films and performances by Chrissie Iles, Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

The audience occupies seats in front of a boxing ring in darkness, before a fanfare heralds the appearance of two boxers. The three parts of the work allude to three possible modes of representation – the “heroic” contest is evoked by music, the strobe lit bout refers to the silent movie, and the final images assume the appearance of still photography.

The 2002 re-performance of Two Boxers was under Jack Goldstein’s direction, as part of a major exhibition of his films curated by Chrissie Iles at the Whitney

This Event Will Change Your Life 25 Jan 2011. Dr Gary Winship, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist from The University of Nottingham.

This Event Will Change Your Life 25 Jan 2011, Susan Quilliam, relationship psychologist and author

This Event Will Change Your Life 25 Jan 2011, Dr Beena Rajkumar, specialist registrar in psychotherapy, Tim Sweeney, adult psychologist, talk about CMT

This Event Will Change Your Life 25 Jan 2011, Dr Victoria Tischler from The University of Nottingham, talk about the history of self help books

Dr Victoria Tischler Introduces Writer Oliver Burkeman who spoke about his new book Help! How To Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done, based on his weekly Guardian column, At Nottingham Contemporary on 25 January 2011 as a part of the talk, "this event will change your life"

In this introductory lecture Dr Anna Lovatt of The University of Nottingham will introduce three key themes important to recent art which will be explored in future seminars: Appropriation, Feminist/Gender Critique and Institutional Critique, making reference to the work of Anne Collier and

Jack Goldstein.

The In Focus Seminar Series is organised in collaboration with student placements from The University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University.

Lecture Theatre Two, Newton and Arkwright Building

Nottingham Trent University, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham

In March of 2010 John Newling was approached to develop a work in collaboration with Bronislaw Szerszynski of the Department of Sociology and the ESRC Centre for the Economic and the Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen), Lancaster University. The work that emerged 'Synthia II (code / soil / life)' consisted of Craig Venter's synthetic life form 'Synthia'. Growing in the soil was a Moringa Oleifera tree germinated by Newling in his studio.

During this time Newling germinated and attempted to grow 11 of these 'generous' trees. Often referred to as the Miracle Tree, the Moringa Oleifera is native to the southern foothills of the Himalayas in northwestern India. Gram for gram, Moringa leaves contain: seven times the vitamin C in oranges, four times the calcium in milk, four times the vitamin A in carrots, two times the protein in milk and three times the potassium in bananas. It is for this and other extraordinary properties of this tree that it has been referred to as the world's most generous tree.

As part of his research Newling has been closely observing the growth of the trees and making pressings of the Moringa leaves and complete trees. Leaves from the Moringa are pressed in selected books and the work is complemented by a video documenting Newling's recycling process of making the soil from which the Moringa grows, caring for the plants, and pressing their leaves.

This is a rare opportunity to study the growing trees first-hand, with only one other known example within the UK of a successfully cultivated tree, at the Eden Project in Cornwall. This is the first in a series of artist's interventions in the Study.

Campbell will discuss his film Bernadette, a portrait of Bernadette Devlin, the fiery republican Mid Ulster MP from 1969 to1974 – the youngest woman ever elected to the British Parliament. The film was compiled from historical documentary footage. It explores the seductive power of storytelling and the limitations of historical representation.

Anthony d’Offay was arguably the most influential gallerist in London during the 80s and 90s, representing art luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Bruce Nauman, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter, Rachel Whiteread and Gilbert & George. ARTIST ROOMS, which includes the Arbus collection on show at Nottingham Contemporary, was established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments. D’Offay will talk with Alex Farquharson about some of the artists he has worked with, and his experiences of the art world, in the private and public sectors